Katie rocked her first trip to the dentist!

I took both kids in tonight—Owen for his regular 6-month checkup and Katie for her first ever visit. She loves brushing her teeth so I didn’t think she’d have any problems with it…but you never know.

They were both excited to go, and it started well with them playing in the waiting room!

Then we had a brief introduction with both the hygienist and dentist in their office and then it was off to the chairs!

Owen was first…

And Katie was intrigued.

And got closer…

I asked if she wanted to hold Owen’s hand and she said yes. 🙂

Owen did REALLY well (which I would hope, as he’s done this about four times), and then it was Katie’s turn!

“Look mama! Clouds!” (There were clouds painted on the wall!)

Glasses and bib—so far, so good.

She didn’t seem nervous but I asked if she wanted Owen to hold her hand and she said yes. 🙂

Katie seeing herself for the first time. I love the look on her face! 🙂

She was a total rock star. They were able to do a full cleaning (as opposed to Owen’s first visit at age four when they only got about three teeth done).

Then they both got seen by the dentist and were told they need to brush twice a day (instead of just once) and start flossing…and Owen NEEDS to stop sucking his thumb as his teeth are already out of place (Katie’s are perfect). She said this is THE time to stop as his bottom two teeth are still coming in and his top two are loose (I bet both will be gone by Christmas—one might be gone by this weekend) so the new ones will come in straight. (We’ve told him and showed him pictures of what can happen and he knows he needs to stop—and even catches himself—but it will still be challenging because he’s still just five years old.) Then they got their goody bags and were SOOOOOO excited about the toothbrush and stickers and toothpaste—and Owen got a toy truck and Katie got a little mermaid! They were in HEAVEN.

So overall they both did AWESOME and I loved the staff—we’ve had nice dental staff before, but you can see a difference in a regular dentist who sees kids vs. a pediatric dentist. 🙂